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Chocolate Amaretto Cheesecake - CDKitchen.com

serves/makes:
  
ready in:
  over 5 hrs

ingredients

1 1/2 cup chocolate wafer crumbs
1 cup blanched almonds, lightly toasted and chopped
1/3 cup sugar
6 tablespoons butter, softened
24 ounces cream cheese, softened
1 cup sugar, toasted and chopped
1/3 cup heavy cream
1/2 cup amaretto
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
4 eggs
2 cups sour cream
1 tablespoon sugar
1 cup blanched almonds, lightly

directions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

Combine crumbs, almonds, sugar and butter. Pat mixture on bottom and sides of a 10 inch springform pan.

Cream together the cream cheese, sugar, heavy cream, liqueur, and half the vanilla. Beat in eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat mixture until light.

Pour into crust-lined pan. Bake in middle of oven for 1 1/2 hours or until top of cake cracks and knife inserted in middle comes out clean. Let stand on rack 5 minutes.

Combine sour cream, rest of vanilla, and sugar. Mix well and spread evenly over cake. Bake for 5 more minutes. Place on rack and let cool completely. Cover lightly with wax paper and let chill overnight.

When ready to serve, remove sides from pan and garnish with toasted almonds around outer edge and on top of cake.

added by

Dottie, Montana, USA


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